---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing requirements for the payment and reimbursement of dental services by a dental benefit plan."
description: "Establishing requirements for the payment and reimbursement of dental services by a dental benefit plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2386"
citation: "Kansas HB 2386 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17854ff4-e93c-40e1-b262-c7e93fabb850"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2386"
source_hash: "d0653302de5818a0abc47af3808d02ae307f98dcbd33f9e5e6f0d4fd520afb70"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas HB 2386 (2021-2022) — Establishing requirements for the payment and reimbursement of dental services by a dental benefit plan.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2386_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2386_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2386_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2386_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **120–3** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **118–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-15** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Hearing: Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 1:30 PM Room 112-N - CANCELED
- **2022-02-09** Hearing: Monday, February 14, 2022, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2022-02-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 118 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 22, 2022
- **2022-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2022-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 120 Nay: 3
- **2022-03-31** Reengrossed on Thursday, March 31, 2022
- **2022-04-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 1, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 11, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17854ff4-e93c-40e1-b262-c7e93fabb850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).